Alan Dawson is Boxing Social's editor. He is also a columnist for Uncrowned at Yahoo Sports, and the founder-moderator of Boxing Twitter — a 20,000-strong community on X. A 17-year sports media veteran, Alan has enjoyed extensive stints at Business Insider as a correspondent, BT Sport as digital editor, and Give Me Sport as combat sports editor. He is a 2-time Sports Journalist of the Year finalist and has been honored six times by the Boxing Writers Association of America. Alan grew up near London but is based in Nevada with his young family. Outside boxing he plays 8-handicap golf, hikes, and rides his ebike through the Sierra mountain trails.
Junto Nakatani overcame a cut but still lost a decision to Naoya Inoue in front of 55,000 fight fans at the Tokyo Dome in Japan on Saturday, May 2. And, while Nakatani could be seen all smiles leaving the ring, and even spoke to the boxing media for five minutes after the official announcement of […]
Keyshawn Davis sent a clear message to Conor Benn when talking to reporters in Las Vegas during the David Benavidez vs Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez fight week. Benavidez told Boxing Social ahead of his Cinco de Mayo challenge for Zurdo’s unified cruiserweight world championship titles that American boxing is in a healthier place than before, citing […]
Naoya Inoue overcame Junto Nakatani in a competitive bout to underline his reputation as one of the modern era’s greatest pound-for-pound champions, handing his Japanese rival the first loss of his own illustrious career. As Boxing Social’s reporter Adam Noble-Forcey wrote in his live report, victory for Inoue came in a “reasonably assured manner” though […]
It did not take long for 33-fight veteran boxer, Jason Moloney, to react to Takuma Inoue’s thrilling win Saturday over Kazuto Ioka at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. The former WBO bantamweight world champion has fought in the Tokyo Dome before, losing a competitive fight to Yoshiki Takei in 2024, while boxing other fighters from […]
Manny Pacquiao had a three-word message for Floyd Mayweather ahead of their planned rematch later this year. The Filipino fighting icon told his American rival to “be a man” in footage Elie Seckbach captured on his YouTube channel. The second fight has been wrought with problems through miscommunication and crossed wires. Netflix announced the lucrative […]
Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez calls to an end a one-year hiatus from boxing as he will return to the ring September for a super middleweight fight against Christian Mbilli in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, per Ring Magazine. The Mexican legend hasn’t boxed since he was resoundingly beaten by Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford at the Allegiant Stadium in Las […]
Anthony Joshua’s year continues to be mapped out in boxing as the hulking heavyweight will return to the ring July 25 for a fight against the unheralded Kristian Prenga in Riyadh — a mere warm-up for the Battle of Britain organizers have planned against Tyson Fury later in the year. Joshua’s career-long promoter, Eddie Hearn, […]
In the latest boxing news today, Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis could return against one of two opponents. The American puncher has not fought since a fortuitous draw he shared with compatriot, Lamont Roach Jr. He was linked with a crossover bout with Jake Paul later in 2025 but Most Valuable Promotions canceled the event when Davis’s […]
Two of the biggest fights of the year take place on the same day in separate parts of the world, with Naoya Inoue and Junto Nakatani colliding in an all-Japanese banger before Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez and David Benavidez engage in a Mexican shootout for the ages in Las Vegas. The favorites in both fights are […]
David Benavidez is one night away from beating Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez without even getting in the ring with him. And it’s all because, on Saturday, May 2 atop a Premier Boxing Champions card on Prime Video pay-per-view at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, he rises to the cruiserweight division to take on the unified […]
Sources told Boxing Social’s Matt Brown of Brunch Boxing that Chris Eubank Jr. is linked with a comeback bout in Australia. At 36 years old, it’s unclear how many fights Eubank has left after exchanging a win and a loss with generational rival Conor Benn, last year. Unlike Benn, though, Eubank is scandal-free and an […]
British boxer, Carl Froch, provided an unlikely inspiration to a much younger David Benavidez during the tail-end of the Cobra’s Hall-of-Fame career. The 48-year-old fought for the final time in 2014 when he finished English rival, George Groves, in the eighth-round of a firefight in front of 80,000 raucous fans at Wembley Stadium in London, […]